The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-04

ss they uaed to be before the war.
They don't seem to mo to have the
same favor, SIR"
Me-. Jones replied that he hadn't
observed any difference, and the old
gentleman continued: ~ reckon it
may be it WAS the mast that gave my
turkeys that most particularly fine
flavor. | used to have IS many as
1000 turkeys down on my island, and
they would fatten on tho mast every
fall. Seems to me I've never tasted
such turkeys since"
Uncle John" said Mr.. Jones, II
reckon your turkeys must have
brought you a right Dice sum every
Year,"
mr.. Jones" said the old gentle
man, drawing himself up. II hope
you don't mean to insult me, sir. Do
you suppose that |, a Southern gen.
tleman, ever sold poultry, sirP"
II told that story at the Union
League" said Mr.. Grady, intending
to explain the change in our agri-
cultural methods, and | added, Gen
tlemen, il you will come to Georgia
now, we will not only sell you the
poultry, but the feathers, and, more
than that, wen scrape around under
the roosts fer the potash aud sell you
that, too
THE PARABLE or THl SEND.
The time was" continued Mr..
Grady, when our planters consid-
cred their cotton seed Q great nuts
ance. They used to burn it. They
paid TO have it hauled to the rivers
and dumped in. After awhile they
found out that it was good for fertil-
iEing. Then they discovered that it
could be fed with profit. After
awhile they learned that there were
thirty. five gallons Of oil in every ton
OF seed, and that this oil was worth
$40, and that the seed was worth
more tor fertiliring or for feed after
the oil was out than it was before.
Edward Atkinson was down here TO
our cotton exposition, and he said in
his address that il the farmers OF
New York State had q plant which
yielded what the cotton plant does
in the South, with the lint cotton
thrown out, they would consider il
more valuable than any crop they
now raise. | saw what he meant,
but q good many didn't. He was
thinking OF what profit there was in
the seed. Last year we ran 100000
tons of cotton seed through the
mills, getting out 5000, 900 worth of
crude oil, which was refined into
sl4 900, 900 worth Of refined oil, aud
the cotton meal was turned
back to the farmer better for food
and fertilizer than before the oil was
taken cut. One company is now
building ten oil mills in the South
We have one of the ten close By At
lanta. Those ten mills will treat
next season 10000 tons of seed,
making 100000 tons all together.
or one-tbird OF the crop, and a prod.
uct Of Sl0,00O,000 worth of crude
oil. We even use the hulls of the
seed for fuel to run the mill and sell
the ashes. We have got $500 900
tohs 10 treat, aud still have our seed
for the next year left, aud can pro.
duce $40, 600 900 worth Of oil. The
valve Of the cotton seed burned aud
thrown into rivers twenty years ago
is now worth $4,000, 900, q sum
larger than the value OF the rye, oats
and barley crop OF the Northwest. Z"
FERTILIZERS, THEN AND NOW.
AT every turn we are learning 10
help ourselves aud stop the overfo.
Of money" Mr.. Grady went on.
six years ago Georgia bought lG0,.
600 tons Of commercial fertilizers,
for which she paid q, 900, 900. That
money went North. Last year she
used 10000 tons, Of which l25, 900
tons were made in Georgia from
Carolina phosphates, Georgia cot
ton meal aud sulphuric acid reduced
from natural iron pyrites, aud the
price 10 the consumer was cut down
from ti5 TO s22. Six years ago wo
sent 81 600 600 out OF the State. Last
year We kept 5000, 600 here, and
next year We will keep it all. aud the
saving will help TO build many 4 cot.
ton factory"
The success Of the Piedmont Ex.
position, so far as attendance from
the South is concerned, Is assured.
What the management is especially
striving for is the representation
from the North. Something more
than the immediate profit 10 dollars
and cents is represented in the
moving spirit Of this enterprise.
The exposition owes itsell TO an idea,
aud that idea is to get Northern poo
pie here, and show them what the
South has done since 1880, aud eK.
peots 10 do in the near future.
HusbaBd's.PersEat
willows Call Journal.